Introduction to Petrologypart of Cutting Edge:Course Design:Goals DatabaseElizabeth Johnson, James Madison University Igneous and metamorphic processes explained using crystallization theory, phase diagrams, thermodynamics and geochemistry; laboratory study of rocks, their chemical and mineralogical signatures, and their geologic ...

Introduction to Volcanologypart of Cutting Edge:Course Design:Goals DatabaseErouscilla Joseph, University of the West Indies The course will introduce students to Plate tectonics and volcanoes; including the processes that takes place at active volcanoes (eruptive mechanisms, effusive and explosive volcanism); methods and instrumentation ...

Igneous and Metamorphic Petrologypart of Cutting Edge:Course Design:Goals DatabaseDarrell Henry, Louisiana State University This is a junior-level igneous and metamorphic petrology course that is meant to give students practical and theoretical backgrounds for identifying, classifying and interpreting igneous and metamorphic rocks, ...

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